Mazda 626 Complaints

3,130 consumer complaints on file.

#10082087September 13, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE STALLED OUT IN TRAFFIC. THE CAUSE HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM THE VEHICLES TRANSMISSION FAILED TWICE. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS PROPERLY REPAIRED BY LEE MYLES MECHANIC BUT FAILED DUE TO CAR MANUFACTURE. *TC
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#10090844September 11, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I PURCHASED MY 626 IN JUNE 1998. AT 58,700 MILES (NOV 2001), THE 1ST TRANSMISSION WENT UP (FLASHING O/D, WOULDN'T SHIFT, ETC). I HAD A REBUILT TRANSMISSION INSTALLED AT A LOCAL TRANSMISSION SHOP BECAUSE IT WAS NO LONGER COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY. IT COST $1,500. AT 92,000 MILES (NOV 2003), THE 2ND TRANSMISSION ALSO WENT UP. I HAD THE THIRD TRANSMISSION INSTALLED AT THE SAME SHOP AT A COST OF $1,800. THE VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAS A LITTLE OVER 100,000 MILES ON IT AND IT IS CURRENTLY IN THE SHOP GETTING IT'S 4TH TRANSMISSION. THIS TIME, WE WERE HEADED OUT OF TOWN WITH THE CAR FULLY PACKED FOR VACATION WHEN IT DECIDED TO DUMP ALL OF THE TRANSMISSION FLUID, STARTED SMOKING, FLASHED O/D LIGHTS, ETC. FOUR TRANSMISSIONS IN 100,000 MILES IS A GLARING FAILURE ON THE PART OF MAZDA AND/OR FORD (WHO BUILT THE TRANSMISSION). I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER MAZDA AND I WILL ADVISE EVERYONE I KNOW THAT MAZDA VEHICLES CAN'T BE TRUSTED. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THIS HORRENDOUS PIECE OF JUNK. *AK
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#10090750September 10, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I HAVE A 2001 MAZDA 626 ES, AND AS OF YESTERDAY, MY TRANSMISSION GEAR CABLE BROKE. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP HERE IN ATLANTA, AND ONE OF THE REPS INFORMED ME THAT THEY HAVE BEEN RECEIVING QUITE A FEW CARS SUCH AS MINE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. A FRIEND OF MINE (BRENDA JACKSON) HAS THE EXACT SAME CAR AS MINE, AND HER VEHICLE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM 3 WEEKS AGO. ALL OF THE CARS SEEM TO HAVE MORE THAN 50,000 MILES ON THEM, AND THIS PROBLEM IS NOT EVEN COVERED BY THE EXTENDED WARRANTY.
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#10090742September 10, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION TAKES ABOUT 10 SEC TO SHIFT FROM PARK TO DRIVE AND FROM PARK TO REVERSE. WONT ACCELERATE BUT RPMS GO UP AND WONT SHIFT.I HAD THE CAR CHECKED BY SEVRAL MECHANICS AND THEY ALL SAY I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION.*AK
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0
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#10091685September 9, 2004
AIR BAGS
WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AT THE DEALER FOR AN UNRELATED REPAIRS AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. DEALERSHIP DID NOT ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE OCCURRENCE, AND MANUFACTURER TOLD CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY, AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. *AK
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#10090731September 9, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING OUT FAMILY'S 1999 MAZDA 626 WHEN SHE CALLED ME FRIGHTENED AS THE CAR TRANSMISSION WAS SURGING. WITH 68000 MILES ONE WOULD THINK THAT A CAR SHOULDN'T HAVE A TRNASMISSION PROBLEM. THE TRANSMISSION SHOP (REPRTABLE) IS NOW REPLACING SAME FOR $2700.*AK
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0
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#10090615September 8, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
STALLED OUT IT FIRST HAD TO GET THE RPMS UP TO GET IT TO SHIFT, OD LIGHT FLASHED ON AND OFF. NOW THE CAR WONT PULL AT ALL. HAVE ONLY HAD THE CAR TWO AND HALF YEARS. HAD IT TOWED TO COLEMAN-TAYLOR TRANSMISSION. THET WANT $3,000.00 TO REBUILD THE TRANSMISSION. ALL THIS HAPPENED IN A MATTER OF TWO DAYS. I DON'T HAVE $3,000.00 TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. SINGLE PARENT TRYING TO PUT MY ONLY CHILD THROUGH COLLEGE. I HONESTLY CAN'T BELIEVE THERE HASN'T BEEN SOME KIND OF RECALL WITH ALL THE PROBLEMS THAT HAVE BEEN REPORTED. HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED BACK TO MY HOUSE. PLEASE, PLEASE HELP!*AK
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0
Deaths:
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#10091574September 8, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS
WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AND ENGINE STALLED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO INDEPENDENT SHOP, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT TIME BELT BROKE. *AK
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#10090566September 7, 2004
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
MY HUSBAND NOTICED THAT THE BOLT HOLDING THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE WAS LOOSE, SO HE ATTEMPTED TO TIGHTEN IT. THE BOLT WOULD NOT TIGHTEN, SO MY HUSBAND TOOK THE SEAT OUT TO GET TO THE BOLT AND THE BOLT JUST CAME RIGHT OUT OF THE HOUSING UNIT WITHOUT NEEDING TO UNSCREW IT. THE BOLT WAS COMPLETELY STRIPPED AND WE CANNOT USE THE DRIVER'S SIDE BUCKLE NOW. I CALLED MAZDA HEADQUARTERS AND THEY SAID TO TAKE IT TO A DEALERSHIP TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM AND IT SHOULD BE A FREE FIX. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID I WAS PASSED THE 5 YEAR, 60,000 MILE SAFETY WARRANTEE AND IT WOULDN'T BE FREE. TO ME, THE SEAT BELT SHOULD WORK NO MATTER WHAT, NOT BE PART OF A WARRANTEE OF SAFETY. I'M CONCERNED BECAUSE THIS MAY HAPPEN TO OTHERS AND IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH, THE BUCKLE MAY COME OUT OF THE HOUSING UNIT AND RENDER THE SEAT BELT USELESS. *AK
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0
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#10090606September 7, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
IMMEDIATELY AFTER USED CAR PURCHASE IN JUNE 2003 THE 1997 MAZDA 626 REQUIRED TRANSMISSION REBUILD. SIX MONTHS LATER AT MY EXPENSE OVER $3000 REQUIRED TO REBUILD TRANSMISSION. SINCE THEN HAS BEEN IN SHOP OVER SIX TIME WITH RECURRING OVERDRIVE LIGHT BLINKING, OVERHEATING AND POOR SHIFTING. TWO COOLERS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED. THE ENGINE THERMOSTAT REPLACEMENT, BATTERY REPLACEMENT, OIL CHANGE AND TUNEUP HAVE NOT PREVENTED A RECURRENCE. AFTER 100 TO 150 MILES OF HIWAY DRIVING THE O/D LIGHT BLINKS AND TRANSMISSION OVERHEATS.*AK
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0
Deaths:
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#10090421September 4, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILURE - 82000 MILES - - NEEDED COMPLETE REBUILDING WHICH UPON FURTHER CHECKING WILL NOT SOLVE THE ISSU. *AKE
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No
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0
#10090441September 4, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL
JUST BOUGHT A USED 96 MAZDA 626LX. VERY WELL TAKEN CARE OF AND HAD BEEN CHECKED OUT BY A MECHANIC THROUGHLY. A DAY LATER IT STARTED TO VIBRATE SO WE THOUGHT IT WAS THE MOTORMOUNT. WE WERE WRONG. SO WE JUST IGNORED THE VIBRATION. A FEW DAYS THE LATER IT WOULD'T START UP AND WE HAD TO GO AND GET THE BATTERY CHECKED OUT. NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE MECHANIC TOLD US TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST FIX IT B/C THE FLUIDS WERE BLACK. WHICH THEY WEREN'T WHEN PURCHASED. SO AFTER ALL THIS WE ARE HAVING TO PAY FOR A TRANSMISSION. THE CAR SHOULD BE RECALLED AND TAKEN OFF THE MARKET. I THINK MAZDA NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS BECAUSE IT IS DAMAGING THEIR REPUTATION. AND HAVE MADE ME DECIED TO NEVER BUY ANY KIND OF MAZDA AGAIN. *AK
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0
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#10090375September 3, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH TRANSMISSION FAILED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
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0
Deaths:
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#10089020September 2, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SLIP. AFTER 10 MINUTES OF DRIVING CAR BECAME IMMOBILE AND HAD TO BE TOWED. 100K MILES. TOTAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE. REBUILD COST AT LOCAL SHOP: $2,550.*AK
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10089027September 2, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MAZDA 626 TRANSMISSION FAILURE WHILE PASSING ANOTHER VEHICLE ( SEMI-TRACTOR) PASSING GEAR FAILED TO ENGAGE WHEN PASSING ANOTHER VEHICLE TRANSMISSION NEVER LEFT DRIVE BUT FELT LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL,CAUSING ME TO APPLY BRAKES AND PULL TO SIDE OF ROAD,FOUND OUT BY THE MACHANIC WHO CHECKED OUT THE TRANSMISSION THAT IT HAD BURNT OUT AT 67,000 MILES! AND THAT MAZDA HAD A TSB OUT ON THESE TRANSMISSIONS AND DID'NT BOTHER TO TELL THE OWNERS OF THESE CARS NOR WILL THEY HRLP IN ANY REPAIRS!*AK
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0
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0
#10088931September 1, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
1194-2002 MAZDA 626 4-CYL. AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS ARE DEFECTIVE AS NOTED IN SIMILAR COMPLAINTS (FORMAL AND INFORMAL; SEE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE LENGTHY DESCRIPTIONS IN 466 POSTS AT HTTP://WWW.CARTRACKERS.COM/FORUMS/LIVE/YOURLEMON/189.HTML, A FORUM DEDICATED SPECIFICALLY TO THIS DEFECT). I PERSONALLY OWN A 1997 MAZDA 626 DX WHICH HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING THE DESCRIBED TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, INDICATED BY THE FLASHING "O/D OFF" LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD AND THE "TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH MECHANICAL FAILURE" TROUBLE CODE RETRIEVED BY ODBII DIAGNOSTICS PERFORMED ON 8/27/2004. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT MAZDA HAS BEEN MADE AWARE OF THIS DEFECT IN THEIR TRANSMISSIONS AS EARLY AS 2002, AND IN MAY 2002, TSB# 0500502 "A/T - OD OFF LAMP FLASHING/DTC P1783/SHIFT CONCERNS" WAS ISSUED.*AK
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Deaths:
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#10090176September 1, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED. INDEPENDENT SHOP REPLACED THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ALSO, SPEEDOMETER FAILED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED. *AK
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0
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0
#10088940September 1, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR
VEHICLE: MAZDA 626 2001. THE ENGINE LIGHT HAS KICKED ON NUMEROUS TIMES WHILE DRIVING AT A 35-40MPH. MECHANICS INDICATE THAT THE CODE REFERENCES THE ONE OF TWO PROBLEMS- OXYGEN SENSOR DEFECT OR CATALYST INEFFICIENCY. BUT, BECAUSE THE CODE IS NOT SPECIFIC AS TO WHICH PIECE IS DEFECTIVE THE ONLY RECOURSE IS TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AND IF THE ENGINE LIGHT TURNS OFF DON'T WORRY OR BRING THE VEHICLE BACK IF THE LIGHT CONTINUES TO STAY ON. I HAVE CONTINUED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AND OF COURSE THE LIGHT TURNS ITSELF OFF. I RETURN TO THE SERVICE STATION WHEN THE LIGHT TURNS BACK ON. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN OCCURRING OVER A TWO MONTH TIME SPAN. I HAVE NOT HAD ANY WORK DONE TO "SOLVE" THE PROBLEM BECAUSE NO ONE KNOWS WHAT THE PROBLEM MAY BE. THIS IS NOT A VALID ANSWER. THE ENGINE LIGHT WOULD NOT ACTIVATE IF THERE IS "NO PROBLEM". PLEASE PROVIDE ASSISTANCE. IF YOU ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM PLEASE FILE A COMPLAINT.*AK
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No
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0
Deaths:
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#10090093August 31, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH OVER DRIVE SENSOR LIGHT CAME ON . AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE LOST COMPLETE POWER. NO IMPACT REPORTED. DEALER STATED TRANSMISSION FAILED. *AK
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
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#10088812August 30, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
1. FIRST TIME MY TRANSMISSION GAVE OUT I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION AND WHEN I PRESSED THE GAS PEDDLE THE RPM WENT WAY UP BUT THE CAR DID NOT MOVE. I TRIED NOT TO PANIC AS ONCOMING TRAFFIC CAME RIGHT AT ME. BEFORE I KNEW IT, THE INTERSECTION WAS GRIDLOCKED AND HORNS WERE HONKING EVERYWHERE. I WAS ALMOST HIT AND WOULD HAVE BEEN INJURED. FINALLY, WITH THE HELP OF OTHERS THE CAR WAS PUSHED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TOWED AWAY. THE FINAL BILL COSTING 2,300.00$. RECENTLY, IN A PARKING LOT, AFTER SHIFTING INTO REVERSE AND PUSHING THE GAS PEDDLE, THE CAR SHOT FORWARD (STILL IN DRIVE). LUCKILY THERE WERE NO PEOPLE IN FRONT OF ME BUT I ALMOST HIT A CAR. I LOOKED AT THE CONSOLE AND SAW THE GEAR WAS IN DRIVE EVEN THOUGH MY SHIFTER WAS IN REVERSE. THE SHIFTING MOUNT IS UNHITCHED AND THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN!!!! THIS IS A COMPLETE HAZARD AND I HAVE NARROWLY ESCAPED COLLISION AND INJURY FOR A SECOND TIME. 2) FAILURE IS TO BREAKDOWN IN BUSY INTERSECTIONS AND ALMOST HITTING A CAR IN A PARKING LOT. *AK 3) TRANSMISSION REPLACED USING OLD PARTS AND NOW THE SECOND TIME I'M NOT SURE WHAT IS GOING TO BE DONE.
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Deaths:
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